Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-06
ritt, and he was finally arrested near the


amount to $4,000. Speaking of taxes In
Atlanta, John johnson said; 81 have
three little lots on bleak Mill out in East
Atlanta which the assessors have valued
at $40, which ! would be glad to sell for
$500. The trouble with the assessors is
thSt IN placing valuation upon property
these days they base IL upon the boom OF
1883. At that time the lots that / speak
OF were offered for $740. They seem to
forget that that boom is dead and gone,
and that Atlanta has 40 new boom in real
estate"
On Saturday night last IA number Of
thieves elected an entrance into the
depot OF the Americus, Preston and
LumpKin Railroad Company AT Preston,
and carried OFF a large quantity OF meat,
flour, coffee and other articles that were
stored there. The burglary was dis
covered early Sunday morning, and
parues at once organized to hunt up the
perpetrators, and late in the afuernt on OF
the same DAY succeeded in finding the en-
tire lot OF goods concealed beneath pile
OF logs in kincaaiOonee swamp. A guard
was put over tne pile with the hope that
the thieves would return during the
night for the goods, and thus be captured,
| bat the plan leaked out and the thieves
doubtless were put upon notice, as they
| failed TO put In an appearance.
Anderson Robertson, a negro, between
! 70 and 70 years Of age, living near the
! laboratory at Macon, rose AS usual Tues
/ day, and seated himself in Il cnaIr by the
/ IRE. His aged wife left the house and
/ went out to get some wood. Shortly after
! sue reached the wood pile she heard
| SIiQ suriek of anguish from Der husband,
/ aud nurrying inside sne found him strug-
| slmI On the hearth, with hie clothing in
! q blaze. she got him out of the fire as
.f.I. aFt.a =
effort she succeeded in eXtinguIsGing the
! hdmes. All was done that could be done
tor The Old man, but TO no avail. He ling
cred unconscious for some hours and
| died. II Is supposed that be was seized
! with paralytic stroke aGd fell forward
| into tEe flames, and his age and Affections
! prevented his being able 10 eXtrlcate him
sell untii he WAS fatally burned.
| At Macon Tuesday was public sale day
! tor the Federal, state, county and city
authorities. The United States MarshaPs
| sales Nere VIM. 4. Maxwell, Lee county,
/ lands purchased by Fred Cook, tor : $50,
On IA 81, 400 mortgage. The Lamb prop
| erty, Iwlggs county, purchased by
| Charles Larned, 5000, mortgaged for
| $4,000. The Smlthart property, Wilcox
cOunJy. $500, purchased by William Dlns-
more, $500 mOrtgaged for 81 200. The
| s!atham property, Marion county, pur-
chased by b. f. f. Brewster, $3.50, mort
"a ed for $1,000. The A. j. White prop
er.y, comprising the greater part oil the
! Gown of Miner, valued at near $50, 900,
vas not sold. the ii tas. being transferred
| aud the matter otherwise settled. The
| big sale OF the day was the Agnes Farmer
| property, consisting OF tne Whitesiue
arm, near East Macon, house, lOJ and
| four stores. the entire property being APP
| praised al $26, 600. The farm of 200 acres
~ as b,d in by Mr.. W. IL. Jones, of East
! Macon, for $1,000 The dwelling house
aud lot on FIRST street sold to w. I. Shin
aoister for $4,01O. Tne two Cotton avenue
| stores, and The Lagerquist corner and the
store adjoining were sold to james Dan
! nen0urg, the EirsJ TWO tor $3.50 and tue
| asst for Sl0.425. The bidding GA tbs prop
! erty was very. spirited, and the whole
! property brought $2o, POS, or S205 more
IMAM the appraiseTne @J
II hope that cod may paralyze meY',
were the words spoken by William
SurEett at Douglas, Coffee county, last
week. At once his hands dropped to
lis side, his legs refused to move, and his
eyes rolled wildly around. His prayer
was answered, as he stood paralyzed on
the spot where but few moments before
ne was a magnificent type OF physical
manhood. He tried TO SPEAK, but his
ton4ue would not move. Half a dozen
men who were present were rendered
n0tlonIess by the evident visitation of the
uand OF God. When they recovered self
possession, they tenderly moved the
fllicted man to his residence, half mile
distant. When Miss Raody Burkett
-aw the plight IN which her
u..ss19sSsEsTa9 brought home acsas screamed
$ AZ ~ 1870 sa5sr. 20
crossing o. tle Ucsstionss I'd ere ire 'R%S as
,t giant M sique, witsss'sg'Jhu ~ nr locks,
ana became ESPECIALLY L. a.. Cause of
me brace OF reYolvers WIN no kent
. strapped to his waist. We was a great
NE Ter, and the ferry being in the midst OF
\l,se amp he was convenient TO an album
lance Oh game. From those who lived
around him tits learned that he was fear
Judy protane. Whenever he sighted
game and WAS called off from it by an
alarm from the ferry, he would
pour out such VOlley Of
oatns as would make the flesh OF ordinary
men crawl. 1t was while in one of
these protane spells that he cursed his
Creator aud wound up WITH the express
sion above quoted. The news soon spread
through the country, and scores of people
called 10 TO see the victim. Re was at
first completely FRUSTRATED, but subse-
quentiy was enabled to take few steps.
when he would fall. When spoken to he
replies in an inartlculate humble, and
acte in the most idiotlc manner. The
physicians can ascrlbe no natural cause
Tor mis- affection, but admit that it is a
visitation Of God. The preachers in the
nelghborhood have used the incident in
their sermons with great effect.
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